Bottling-machine.



No. 809,621. PATENTBD JAN. 9, 1906. E. L. MILLER.

BOTTLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 2.17. 1905.

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W] TNESSES: H N INVENTOR No. 809,621. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906. E. L. MILLER.

BOTTLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 211,31) 2.17. 1905. 7

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i li g ERNEST LYLE MILLER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BOTTLlNG-dVlACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. )Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed April 17, 1905- Serial No. 256,076.

To all whmn it rnroy concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST LYLE MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BottlingMachines, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a bottling-machine, and particularly to a structure adapted to measure the exactamount to be placed in a bottle in order to comply with the requirements of the United States Government as to bottling in bond, wherein a uniform amount of liquid is required in each bottle.

The invention has for an object to provide an improved construction and arrangement of interchangeable receptacle within which the amount of liquid to be placed in the bottle is automatically measured and from which the liquid is drawn through a delivery-valve connected with a supply-valve, so as to operate the latter in alternation.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide an improved construction andarrangement of the top and bottom plates, together with the post carrying the means for holding these parts together, and a depending sleeve from the top plate, upon which a float is mounted to control an air-vent in the top plate.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of two of the receptacles; Fig. 2, a side elevation of one thereof; Fig. 3, a sectional perspective of the bottom plate and its connections; Fig. 4, a detail perspective of the top plate, and Fig. 5 a similar view of the float carrying the valve.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The letter A designates the bottom or base plate upon which the interchangeable receptacle rests, and at the upper end of this receptacle a top plate (J is provided, these parts being held together by means of apost D, extended through and secured to the base-plate A and provided at its upper end with a threaded portion D, upon which a holding-nut D is mounted to engage the upper surface of the top plate C, adjacent to the opening C therein, through which the post extends.

This post is extended below the bottom plate, as at D, and connected in any desired manner to a supporting-rod D, mounted instandards D of any desired construction. The receptacle B may be of any desired configuratiombut is preferably cylindrical and formed of glass or other transparent material. This receptacle is of a capacity equal to that of the bottle or other receptacle to be filled, and by varying the height or length of the cylinder used between the bottom and top plates the receptacle is adapted to accurately measure the quantity of liquid for bottles of different capacities. The base-plate A is provided with a circumferential seat A within the flanged edge A thereof, upon which a suitable packing or gasket A is disposed, while at one side of the plate a connection is made below this seat for the inlet end E of the supply-pipe E. The bottom A of the base-plate is provided with a central aperture A, through which the post D extends, and also with a (llSCllfll'gB-DIDG A", provided with a delivery-valve at A of any ordinary and usual construction common in this art, which in its shifted position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, establishes communication with a bottle-tube A normally held in the full line position by means of the weighted arm A, carried thereby. This baseplate is inclined toward the point of attachment for the connection A, so as to drain the same in the outflow of liquid to the bottle.

The top plate C rests upon the upper open end of the cylindrical receptacleB and is provided with a depending sleeve or tube (J surrounding the post D and flared at its free end 0 to form a stop-shoulder. Upon this sleeve or tube a float F is slidably mounted and is provided with a laterally-extending arm F, having mounted thereon a valve-stem F extending through an air-vent G in the top plate and provided at its lower portion with a valve F to engage and close this vent in the upward movement of the float when the proper quantity of liquid has passed into the receptacle B. The vent-opening C" is supplied with a suitable seat to engage the valve F, and at the upper end of the stem F a cap F is provided, by means of which movement may be imparted to the float should the same become clogged or otherwise disarranged in its movement.

The supply-pipe E is provided at any suitable point with a supply-valve E having an operating-arm E extending therefrom and connected by a rod E* with a similar arm E carried upon a rod E movable with the delivery-valve A The arm E is provided with a similar rod connection E from the supplyvalve E. This supply-valve is in communication with a main intake-pipe E extending at the rear of the receptacles and supported in any desired manner-for instance, by means of standards E As shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the supply-valve E and the deliveryvalve A are disposed so that when one of the same is open to permit the passage of the liquid therethrough the other is closed, and by the connecting rod extending between these valves it will be seen that they operate in alternation, so that when delivering to the bottle the supply to the receptacle is cut off and after the bottle is removed the receptaclesupply is at once automatically established.

Any desired form of bottle-rest D may be supported upon the standards I) or otherwise, as found desirable.

In the operation of the invention it will be seen that when the bottle is applied to the tube A and the same moved into the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2 the delivery-valve A is opened to establish communication between the bottle and the valve and the valve E at that time closed. The contents already measured by the capacity of the receptacle then flow into the bottle, and upon the removal of the bottle the delivery-valve is cut ofl by its weighted arm, while the supplyvalve is opened for the flow of liquid into the receptacle until the float therein rises and brings the valve carried thereby into contact with the air-vent in the top plate to close the same and prevent the entrance of further liquid into the receptacle. The parts remain normally in this position until it is again desired to fill a bottle, when the movement of the delivery-valve causes the liquid to descend into the bottle and a downward movement of the float which opens the air-vent. The interchangeability of the receptacle, which may consist simply of an open-ended cylinder, permits any desired size to be used, whereby bottles of different capacities may be filled in the exact quantities desired, and thus fully comply with the requirements necessary in bottling liquids in bond, while the connection between the delivery and supply valves prevents any flow from the supply-pipe into the receptacle until the bottle is removed from the delivery-valve.

Havingdescribed my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottling-machine, a receptacle, a supply-pipe thereto provided with a valve having an operating-arm, a delivery-valve communicating with said receptacle and provided with an oscillating bottle-tube for 0pcrating the same, an operating-arm carried by said delivery-valve, and means extending directly between the arms upon said supply and delivery valves for operating them simultaneously by the movement of the bottle-tube in the insertion and withdrawal of a bottle.

2. In a bottling-machine, a measuring-receptacle, a bottom plate upon which said receptacle rests, a top plate therefor, and means for adjusting said plates at different distances from each other to receive receptacles of different height or capacity.

3. In a bottling-machine, a measuring-receptacle, a bottom plate, a post extending upward therefrom, a top plate provided with a depending sleeve surrounding said post, a float slidably mounted upon said sleeve, and a valve carried by said float to close a ventopening in said top plate.

4:. In a bottling-machine, a measuring-receptacle, a bottom plate, a post extending upward therefrom, a top plate provided with a depending sleeve surrounding said post, a

float slidably mounted upon said sleeve, a

ed 'upper end adapted to extend above receptacles of different capacities, a top plate disposed at the upper end of said receptacle, and a holding-nut threaded upon said post to engage said top plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix' my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST LYLE MILLER.

Witnesses:

- MARION E. TAYLOR,

THos. B. BULLI'IT. 

